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Draft Wire's latest mock draft has Bucs adding size to their defensive line

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As we get closer and closer to the end of the 2019 NFL season, the draft order for 2020 is becoming clearer and clearer.

For the 4-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they currently hold the 12 spot, which in the past has produced some quality picks, like Vita Vea for the Bucs in 2018 and Deshaun Watson for the Texans the year before that.

While the Bucs would certainly love it if a quarterback of Watson’s caliber were available at that spot in the 2020 NFL Draft, it’s looking more and more likely that the three biggest QB names on the board — Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert — could be gone by the time Tampa Bay is on the clock, at least, according to the latest mock draft from Draft Wire.

While finding an offensive lineman might be the team’s biggest need after quarterback, Draft Wire has the Bucs adding size and strength to their already formidable defensive line with the selection of South Carolina defensive tackle Javon Kinlaw.

Kinlaw, a 6-foot-6, 310-pound senior, could be the perfect replacement for Ndamukong Suh, who signed a one-year deal with the Bucs in the offseason shortly after the release of Gerald McCoy. Kinlaw is larger than Suh and also a decade younger. Pairing him with Vea could help the Bucs maintain their strong defensive front for years to come.

Kinlaw would certainly be a welcome addition, and given that the Bucs used several draft picks in April on their secondary, perhaps adding to the defensive line could be the way to go this time around.

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers walked away from April's NFL draft with two highly-touted players out of the University of Minnesota.

In round two, the Bucs took Golden Gopher safety Antoine Winfield Jr., whose father Antoine Winfield Sr. was a Pro Bowl cornerback in the NFL. In round five, Tampa Bay added to their receiving corps by selecting Minnesota wide receiver Tyler Johnson. Both Winfield and Johnson will be looked upon to be key contributors to a Bucs team looking to make a deep postseason run.

And while they'll be busy making a name for themselves in Tampa, their former Gopher teammate...